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Robert (Bobby) James Fischer was one of the world's most mysterious and exciting personalities of the middle 20th century. He single handedly ended a 35 year span of Russian domination of elite chess when he defeated Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship in 1972 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Fischer's dynamic victory ignited in Americans a passion for the game of chess and a deep pride in being American during the height of the Cold War. The world knows the story of Fischer's ascent to the pinnacle of chess genius and brilliance, and it knows of his psychological decline into social isolatio

Chess players --- Chess --- Board games --- Mathematical recreations --- Psychological aspects. --- Fischer, Bobby, --- Fischer, Robert James, --- Fišer, Robert, --- Fisher, Bobbi, --- Fisher, Robert Dzheĭms, --- フィッシャー, ボビー, --- Fisshā, Bobī, --- Psychology.